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Strand: OPERATIONS AND ALGEBRAIC THINKING (1.OA)

Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction within 20 (Standards 1-2, 5-6). Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction (Standards 3-4). Work with addition and subtraction equations (Standards 7-8).

Standard 1.OA.7

Understand the meaning of the equal sign, and determine whether equations involving addition and subtraction are true or false. For example, which of the following equations are true and which are false? 6 = 6, 7 = 8 - 1, 5 + 2 = 2 + 5, 4 + 1 = 5 + 2.

  • 20 Tickets
    The purpose of the task is for students to add and subtract within 20 and represent complex addition problems with an equation to increase their understanding of and flexibility with the equals sign.
  • Equality Number Sentences
    The purpose of this instructional task is for students to help students understand the meaning of the equal sign and to use it appropriately.
  • Find the Missing Number
    This task asks students to solve addition and subtraction equations with different structures so that they are able to see the connections between addition and subtraction more easily.
  • Georgia Standards of Excellence Mathematics
    GeorgiaStandards.Org (GSO) is a free, public website providing information and resources necessary to help meet the educational needs of students. The goal of this web site is to provide information that will enhance and support teaching and learning of Georgia standards.
  • Grade 1 Unit 3: Operations and Algebraic Thinking (Georgia Standards)
    In this unit, students will explore, understand, and apply the commutative and associative properties as strategies for solving addition problems. Share, discuss, and compare strategies as a class. Connect counting on to solving subtraction problems. For the problem 15 7 = ? they think about the number they have to count on from 7 to get to 15. Work with sums and differences less than or equal to 20 using the numbers 0 to 20. Identify and then apply a pattern or structure in mathematics. For example, pose a string of addition and subtraction problems involving the same three numbers chosen from the numbers 0 to 20, such as 4 + 13 = 17 and 13 + 4 = 17. Analyze number patterns and create conjectures or guesses.
  • Kiri's Mathematics Match Game - 1st Grade
    In this activity students play a game in small groups that requires them to find sums or differences.
  • Operations and Algebraic Thinking (1.OA) - First Grade Core Guide
    The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) and educators around the state of Utah developed these guides for First Grade Mathematics - Operations and Algebraic Thinking (1.OA)
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar
    In this math lesson the teacher reads the book to the class and asks, "How many things do you think the caterpillar ate in this story?" The students take a minute to share their estimate with a partner. Next, the teacher reads The Very Hungry Caterpillar again. After each page, the teacher pauses so that the students can add counters or unifix cubes to the ten-frame to represent the number of things the caterpillar ate, and then write an equation on the dry-erase board connecting addition to the number of counters used.
  • Using lengths to represent equality
    In this task students work in pairs and use Cuisenaire rods or paper strips cut to whole centimeter lengths. One student puts a few rods (or strips) end-to-end. The other student matches that length with a different combination of rods (or strips). When two different ways of making the same length are found, the students write a number sentence reflecting the equality.
  • Valid Equalities?
    The purpose of this task is to help broaden and deepen students understanding of the equals sign and equality. In this task, students must attend to the meaning of the equal sign by determining whether or not the left-hand expression and the right hand expression are equal. This task helps students attend to precision.


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